Template:Error
{{{1}}}
The template returns a state of error (recognized as such by a wiki parser function), and an error message text in red (visible for the user).[clarification needed]
Usage
{{error |1= }}
Template parameters
- TemplateData
TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.
Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either useTemplateData=1
or useTemplateData=only
on the /doc
subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. <nowiki>
-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.
Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw <templatedata>
-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.
Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information
The template returns a state of error (recognized as such by a wiki parser function), and an error message text in red (visible for the user).
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
message | 1 message | The error message to display | Content | required |
tag | tag | The HTML tag to wrap the error message in; one of “strong”, “span”, “div” and “p”
| Line | optional |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
See also
Localization
This template is not intended to be localized.
Usage
- {{error|An exemplary error}} → An exemplary error
- Compare, used in a Parser Function:
{{#expr:Foo}}
→ Expression error: Unrecognized word "foo". {{#iferror:{{error|Foo}} | DFD | FDD }}
→ DFD {color green or red)
Tag option
The tag to contain the error message can be given through the tag
parameter, but it will only accept span
, div
, p
, and strong
, since those are the only tags recognized by the #iferror
parser function. It defaults to strong
, the tag generated e.g. by #expre
. To prevent strong
message, use one of the other tags, e.g. tag=span
.
- ABC {{error|An exemplary error demo no tag (default)}} XYZ → ABC An exemplary error demo no tag (default) XYZ
- ABC {{error|An exemplary error demo span|tag=span}} XYZ → ABC An exemplary error demo span XYZ
- ABC {{error|An exemplary error demo div|tag=div}} XYZ → ABC An exemplary error demo divXYZ
- ABC {{error|An exemplary error demo p|tag=p}} XYZ → ABC
An exemplary error demo p
XYZ - ABC {{error|An exemplary error demo strong|tag=strong}} XYZ → ABC An exemplary error demo strong XYZ